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(ix) Terms of Committee members shall be 1 July through 30
June, except as otherwise provided herein. Committee members shall remain on the
Committee until a replacement is elected or appointed, or until terminated by the Dean.
(2) Elections shall be held during the month of April, by email ballot
sent to all Officers of Academic Administration, Teaching-Research Faculty, Clinician
Educator Faculty, and Contributed-Service Faculty and, when appropriate, Affiliate
Faculty, to elect their representatives as prescribed herein, except as otherwise
provided herein. Where specific representation from these groups is specified, each
group shall vote only for their representatives. Faculty members may vote for write-in
candidates.
(3) House Staff representatives to Committees shall be elected by the
Creighton House Staff Organization and students shall be nominated by the Creighton
Medical Student Government and appointed by the Dean, except as otherwise provided
herein. Such representatives shall be elected or appointed in the spring of each year
for one-year terms to take office 1st July through 30th June.
c. Committee on Committees
(1) Structure
The Committee on Committees shall consist of six members elected for
staggered two-year terms by the Faculty from among its members; two (one each year)
shall be from the full-time Basic Science Faculty elected by the full-time Basic Science
Faculty, two (one each year) from the full-time Clinical Faculty elected by the full-time
Clinical Faculty, two (one each year) from the Affiliate Faculty elected by the Affiliate
Faculty, and two (one each year) from the Contributed-Service Faculty elected by the
Contributed-Service Faculty. The chair of this Committee shall be elected by and from
among its members at the first meeting of each year. The Assistant/Associate Dean for
Academic and Faculty Affairs shall serve as an ex officio member. Every faculty
member who has been nominated, who qualifies, and agrees to serve on the
committee, will be placed on the ballot.
(2) Election
The Committee on Committees shall nominate and elect new
members following the same timeline as all other committees, and in accordance with
Article VIII, Section 3:b. No member may be nominated for another term until the
second year after completion of a term. The terms of members of the Committee shall
be in accordance with Article VIII, Section 3:b.ix. Vacated unexpired terms shall be filled
as provided in Article VIII, Section 3:b, to complete the unexpired term.
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